Joe Biden was born closer in time to Lincoln's presidency than to his own.
The way I remember it, The Menger Hotel is located by the Alamo and makes a claim to have been where Teddy Roosevelt recruited the Rough Riders.p_bubel said:
William A. Menger's Western Brewery (1855-78), located on Alamo Square in San Antonio can be considered the first commercial Texas brewery. (Kreische Brewery also makes this claim and it was the same year)
Menger opened a hotel on the site in 1859 after deciding to build a place for his customers to sleep it off instead of using his tavern's tables - or so the legend goes. It is stated to be the oldest running hotel west of the Mississippi.
I've been desperately trying to find an original reference for this Pearl Brewery-Lonestar Brewery hatred/rivalry I want to add here but can't locate it again.
I will state for those that don't know, one half mile section of San Antonio River north of downtown gave rise to both The Pearl Brewery and Lonestar Beer. Neither is brewed in town anymore.
Of course, none of those three attended the Constitutional Convention or had any direct input into the drafting of the Constitution. The overwhelming majority of the attendees at the Convention were devout believers.Quote:
We say we were founded as a Christian nation but fun fact about John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams
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they preferred the pagan classical republican model over European parliamentary systems that did include a state church and explicit Christian principles as part of the organization of government.
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they preferred the pagan classical republican model over European parliamentary systems that did include a state church and explicit Christian principles as part of the organization of government.
I'd say America is founded on explicit Christian principles.
What the founders rejected was Church control over State, and State control over Church.
Aggie1205 said:
In WW2 Panama declared war on Japan before the US did.
it's northwest, I guess I don't see why thats a mind blowing factgggmann said:Aggie1205 said:
In WW2 Panama declared war on Japan before the US did.
Speaking of Panama, the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal is west of the Pacific entrance.
Oh, how's this one…BQ_90 said:it's northwest, I guess I don't see why thats a mind blowing factgggmann said:Aggie1205 said:
In WW2 Panama declared war on Japan before the US did.
Speaking of Panama, the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal is west of the Pacific entrance.
History, geography, six one, half dozen…Leggo My Elko said:
Take it to the mind blowing geography facts thread guys...
The Ord military family has a very interesting story.BQ78 said:
EOC Ord, Civil War general and namesake of the fort, was the grandson of King George IV. His grandmother was supposedly George's true love but a British monarch cannot marry a Catholic.
Really don't think you realize how much SI (metric) is used in the US.p_bubel said:
The metric system and the US:
In 1793, Thomas Jefferson requested artifacts from France that could be used to adopt the metric system in the United States, and Joseph Dombey was sent from France with a standard kilogram. Before reaching the United States, Dombey's ship was blown off course by a storm and captured by pirates, and he died in captivity on Montserrat.
Thus ended the metric sytem (outside of drug use) in the US.
Vehicles and airplanes. Lots of machinery.jwoodmd said:Really don't think you realize how much SI (metric) is used in the US.p_bubel said:
The metric system and the US:
In 1793, Thomas Jefferson requested artifacts from France that could be used to adopt the metric system in the United States, and Joseph Dombey was sent from France with a standard kilogram. Before reaching the United States, Dombey's ship was blown off course by a storm and captured by pirates, and he died in captivity on Montserrat.
Thus ended the metric sytem (outside of drug use) in the US.
p_bubel said:
The metric system and the US:
In 1793, Thomas Jefferson requested artifacts from France that could be used to adopt the metric system in the United States, and Joseph Dombey was sent from France with a standard kilogram. Before reaching the United States, Dombey's ship was blown off course by a storm and captured by pirates, and he died in captivity on Montserrat.
Thus ended the metric sytem (outside of drug use) in the US.